Air-cooled systems are the refrigeration systems used in both industrial as well as commercial application standards to cool fluids and/or dehumidify the air.
Chillers are the heat removing devices from a load and transfer it to the environment using a refrigeration system. These heat-transfer devices have its application in power plants and their large-scale facilities. These air-cooled chiller systems consist of a water reservoir and circulation components or ethylene + water. The cooling fluid is traversed from the reservoir to the equipment undercooling.
An air-cooled chiller disperses heat-using fans. These are more common and are on-trend in power plants. The potential situations where these chillers can be applied are environmental or aesthetic conditions. These air-cooled chillers employ the current of ambient air.
Benefits of using air-cooled chillers:
- No cooling towers
- Better environmental stability-no water wastage
- Low maintenance costs
- Easier to operate, tower bypass absent and control-tower freezing
- Chemical costs avoided
- Water costs avoided, especially in cities
- No water problems to deal with in case of disaster
This air-cooled chiller system has a wide spectrum of applications including hotels, restaurants, sporting events, corporate events, large-scale construction, industrial and manufacturing plants, and so forth. Kyabram Refrigeration is great for one-time events or permanent infrastructure. They are highly efficient, compact, easy to install and remove. This makes them ideal for supplemental, emergency, or temporary applications.
How Air Cooled Chillers Work?
From the process water, air-cooled chillers quickly absorb heat and transfer it to the air surrounding the chiller unit. This type of unit typically works best where additional heat discharge is not an issue, but instead works as an advantage. For instance, instead of using a traditional heating system, using this additional heat can be used to warm space during the winter for less money.
The series starts with the evaporator containing the liquid refrigerant that flows over the evaporator tube bundle to eventually evaporate.
In this procedure, the heat is soaked from the chilled water circulating through the bundle. The compressor is, then lifting the refrigerant vapor from the evaporator, is then later, equipped with pumping the refrigerant vapor to the condenser, which raises the temperature and pressure. When the refrigerant is in the condenser tubes, it eventually condenses. Then, through the expansion devices, the high- pressure liquid moves and into the evaporator; during the process, the refrigerant temperature reduces along with the pressure. To finish the continuous cycle, the refrigerant flows back over the chilled water coils and absorbs more heat.
Types of Air Cooled Chillers:
- Stationary air-cooled chillers: When excess heat is not an issue, these chillers are used.
- Portable air-cooled chillers: These units are just as functional as stationary chillers and are portable.
Placement Of Air Cooled Chillers
Air-cooled chillers are generally placed in mechanical equipment rooms or in an area of the building that is nearer to the spot it is cooling. In some industrial settings, chilling coolers are kept right close to the area they are cooling; this is subject to the size of the chiller and compressor. In a few cases, cooling chillers are placed outdoors.
One of the most considerable and popular chillers is VSD drives, that has the caliber to cut down chiller’s annual energy costs by 30% or more. VSDs can optimize energy used, in full and part load, as well as under off-design conditions. Variable Speed Drives or VSD Drives are capable of obtaining ROI in under three years due to energy savings under variable real-world operating conditions. VSDs adjust to off-design conditions, including optimizing energy use at full and part load with reduced tower water temperatures.
Kyabram stores the best air-cooling chilling system to meet your industrial and commercial business needs.